Garment hanger



Feb. 18, 1941.

w. LoslN 2,232,249

GARMENT HANGER Filed 23,. 1o, 1959 fifi. y

VIIIIIIIIIIIIYVIIIIIl/IIIIA IN VENTOR. [445m 75e os/M A ORNEY.

Patented Feb. 18, 1941 UNITED 'STATI-:s

PATENT ori-ice 1 Claim.

The purpose of my invention is to provide 'a foldable hanger, equipped with a locking suspension hook. The suspension hook is an important feature yof my invention. Ordinarily suspension hooks on hangers are what may be designated as open. Such being the case, it would quite often happen that when a garment was removed from one garment hanger, the other hangers, owing -to this open feature of the hooks, would be knocked off the rods on which they were hanging. To overcome 'this inconvenience, I have devised the hook shown in the accompanying illustration and forming a ypart of my garment hanger. 'I'he hook is made in such a manner that it has a locking member, and when this locking member is in place, the garment hanger will not fall ol accidentally from the rod lon which it is suspended.

I shall now Idescribe my invention particularly with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a plan View of my garment hanger.

Fig. 2 shows 'a plan View of my garment hanger ina folded position.

Fig. 3 shows the construction of the suspension hook.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is 'a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 'l is 'a plan view of a modied form of a hanger including my suspension hook.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The garment hanger of my invention comprises the suspension hook which I shall generally indicate by numeral I0, and two co'at supporting members II, joined by a rod 24. I shall rst describe the suspension hook, which is shown more clearly in Fig. 3. The hook is made of sheet metal. It consists of two outside members I2 and I2 and a hinged movable member I3 held between said outside members I2 and I2'. Both the outside members I2 and I2 and member I3 may be stamped out Iof sheet metal. Said outside members are each made in the form of a ring, except that on one side of the ring a segment is cut out so that the ring is only threefourths complete. The rings extend into a base or neck portion 20. One of said rings is provided with a tongue 2 I, which may be turned over the other member in'order to keep said members together.

The movable member I3 is semi-circular inpins l22.

shape and is pivotally mounted between said outside plates I2 by means 1of a pin I4, so that it may be swung outwardly as shown in Fig. 3 in dotted outlines marked I'3'. On its outer periphery, said member I3 is provided with an indentation I5. Somewhat below pin I4 there is a spring I9 provided with a shoulder I8 made in such a manner that it is adapted to fit into notch I5. An extension of said spring reaches'beyond the circumference of plates I`2 and I2' 'and forms a finger-piece I1, by which said spring I6 may be actuated. Ordinarily, when the movable member I3 is in place, said shoulder I8 fits into notches I5 so that member I3 is retained in its place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In order to swing the member I3 outwardly, it is rst necessary to press the finger-piece Il down and to disengage the shoulder I8 from notch I5. When member I3 is swung or pushed inwardly, said shoulder I'8 automatically springs into position and retains member I3 in its place.

Members 32, which are intended to support the coats, are hingedly aflxed to the lower part of suspension hook I0 to the neck 20 by means' of Said members 32 lare made of sheet metal an-d have the shape of inverted troughs. At their outer ends they are provided with rods 24, which 'are again pivotally affixed to said outer members by means of pin 26. A sleeve "25, slidably mounted on one of the rods, serves as a joining member for said rods 24. At the inner ends, said members 32 are provided with rims 23, being set at right langle to the plane of said members 32. It is these rims which bear against each other that limit the spread of said members 32 with respect to each other. When the hanger is supposed to be folded, sleeve 25 is slid one way, whereupon rods 24 may be swung into and concealed in their respective hollow members 32. This is shown in Fig. 2, which figure discloses how said members 3-2 may be folded close to each other.

The hanger shown in Fig. 7 comprises my improved suspension hook and a unitary coat hanger 28 with a cross-bar 29. An innovation in said hanger is spring 30 made of a strip of resilient metal, one end of sal-d spring being set in a. slot 3l while the other end of said spring is adapted to bear against the garment which may be folded over rod 29. The spring is intended to keep said garment from sliding o" rod 29.

I wish to describe now the operation of the suspension hook. Assuming that the hanger is suspended and that the locking member I3 is in place, as shown in Fig. 1, the following operation will be necessary to take the garment hanger ol the rod on which it is suspended: First, spring I6 has to be depressed by means of finger-piece I1. This removes shoulder I8 of the spring from notch I5 in the pivoted member I3, whereupon said member I3 may be swung out either manually or by bearing said member I3 against the rod from which the .garment hanger is suspended.

.By either means saidv member I3 may be swung I realize that changes may be made in the construction of my hanger and particularly in the construction of my suspension hook without departing from the principle underlying my invention. What I, therefore, claim is as follows:

A suspension hook for garment hangers, comprising two at, spaced members forming a shank which at its upper en-d extends into a at ring substantially three-fourths complete, a crescentshaped flat member disposed within the spaced members, being :adapted to close the open side of the ring and being pivoted in its middle section at the junction of the shank with the ring in such a manner that when the outer half of said crescent-shaped member is swung outward, its inner half blocks lthe entrance to the ring, also spring means to retain the crescent-shaped membei` when in a closed position.

WALTER LOSIN. 

